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is accessible to anyone in the world with internet access, not just Americans, and

d)
draws on the book, sound and object resources of major, large libraries, which may grow in number:

"To date, the DPLA has partnered with six state and regional digital libraries and an equal number of large cultural heritage institutions— including the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Smithsonian Institution, the New York Public Library, and Harvard University—to provide access to millions of unique digital objects" (dp.la/info/2013/04/18/digital-public-library-of-america-dpla-launches-today/).

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I hope WUaS may begin to engage the DPLA's platform, its search capabilities, its Harvard networks, its vision, as well as its Development resources, with time.

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World University would like to become a significant, academic, job producer worldwide (compared with the DPLA which created 4, according to Palfrey - and which seem to be an impressive example of thrift, crowd sourcing libraries and networking) ... for which WUaS needs massive amounts of money.

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The DPLA is wonderful vis-a-vis WUaS because they've just created an online, large-scale, scholarly library.

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